Financial Analyst Iii

Job Description
Job Title: Financial Analyst III
Band: 6
Track: Professional
Location: Horsham
Division: Clinical Trial Division (CTD)
Job Description:
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Financial Analyst III
The Financial Analyst will be reporting to the Sr. Manager FP&A, CTD EMEA. The position will provide financial support with a focus on forecasting, reporting, and business analytics, and decision support to its manager and the global CSS organization. The position will support and complete tasks with regard to the implementation, standardization, and continuous improvement of processes around forecasting, reporting, and business analytics for the CSS organization.
Reporting into the Sr. Manager FP&A, EMEA, CTD the following are the aspects of a Financial Analyst's duties:

• Provide support to the Sr. Manager FP&A in its role as a business partner to the EMEA organization and its leadership team.
• Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking.
• Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support.
• Support the Annual Operating Planning process as well as monthly & Quarterly business reviews.
• Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews
• Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements.
• Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting, hands-on support on the financial reconciliation process during the month, quarter, and year-end processes.
• Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials
• Reconcile existing transactions through cross-referencing of incoming and outgoing data
• Ad hoc - coordinate and support various ad hoc projects and request for data or analysis as required

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience in business finance or other relevant experience.
• High proficiency in financial modelling techniques (incl. Excel formulas and functions).
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics or equivalent working experience
• Strong analytical and data-gathering skills.
• Fluent in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Statistics are preferred or equivalent working experience.
• Strong quantitative and analytical competency.
• Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
• Strong financial modelling experience.

Personality and Interpersonal Skills:

• Ability to streamline functions and passion to learn and grow.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication skills.
• Comfort dealing with ambiguity and the ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; be comfortable interacting with executive-level management.

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